Lemon raspberry olive oil cake is the loaf I bake when the market has good raspberries: tender crumb from olive oil and milk, double lemon from zest and juice, berries scattered through. Start to finish in under an hour. The Secret to the Most Tender Cake? Olive...
Decadent Chocolate Caramel Cashew Tarts
Decadent chocolate cashew caramel tart is my showpiece for looking like a pastry chef with home-baker effort: cocoa-almond tart shells filled with sticky caramel and cashews. The recipe makes eight little tarts, which is exactly as dangerous as it sounds. Some recipes...
Sweet Corn Ice Cream with Blackberry Compote
Sweet corn ice cream with blackberry compote is the summer pairing nobody expects and everyone remembers: an egg-yolk custard steeped with fresh sweet corn, served with a boozy blackberry compote. Plan for the custard's full chill — that's the texture...
Caramel Bourbon Croissant Pudding
Caramel bourbon croissant pudding is my two-person dessert for the nights that need one: torn stale croissants soaked in caramel custard with a pour of bourbon, baked until crisp on top and custardy underneath. On the table in about half an hour. In Britain, 'pudding'...
Flourless Chocolate Coconut Layer Cake
Decadent chocolate coconut layer cake is my mash-up dessert for people who claim they don't like cake: a coconut-scented sponge stacked with dark, glossy ganache and showered with toasted coconut. Give it its full chilling time and it slices like a dream. Some of...
Mojito Rum Cake: A Tropical Dessert Dream
Ready to escape to a tropical paradise with every bite? This Mojito Rum Cake is your first-class ticket! Inspired by the vibrant flavors of South Florida, this dessert is a love letter to both classic Jamaican rum cake and the iconic mojito cocktail. We've captured...
Easy & Refreshing Watermelon Sorbet
Vibrant watermelon sorbet is summer kept in the freezer: seedless watermelon blended with lemon, a little grenadine for color, and fresh mint. The churn-and-freeze time does the heavy lifting, so start it in the morning. Is there any flavor that screams 'summer' more...
Lemon Ricotta Toast with Warm Berry Marmalade
Nonna's lemon ricotta toast with berry marmalade is my 20-minute treat that feels borrowed from an Italian grandmother: creamy lemon-pepper ricotta piled on golden toast under quick stovetop berries. The black pepper is not optional — it's the trick. A Taste...
Decadent Chocolate Cremoso & Espresso Parfait Recipe
Milk chocolate cremoso with espresso parfait is my quiet showpiece dessert: a silky milk chocolate custard topped with frozen espresso cream and chopped hazelnuts. Nearly all of the recipe's time is chilling, so the work is brief and the payoff is big. Prepare to...
Brazilian Passion Fruit Crêpes Soufflé
Brazilian soufflé crêpes with passion fruit sauce are my celebration dessert: delicate crêpes lightened with whipped egg whites, folded around vanilla-bean pastry cream and drenched in tangy passion fruit. Most of the recipe's time is resting and chilling, so...
Lemon, Lime & Coconut Meringue Crowns
Lemon and Lime Meringue with Coconut Crumble rebuilds the classic pie as a plated dessert — crisp-baked meringue crowns over sharp lemon and lime curd, sitting on a coconutty short crumble. Sweet, sharp, and crackly in all the right places. Looking for a dessert that...
Decadent Chocolate Raspberry Lava Cakes with Rose Cream
Outrageously Rich Molten Chocolate Raspberry Cakes with Rose Cream are ten individual 70%-chocolate puddings with raspberries folded in, baked just long enough to set the edges and leave the middles molten. The rose-scented cream alongside keeps the richness honest....












